CaretA Grok Bot alternative where every bot gets its own computer
Short answer: Grok Bot is a good agent if you live in X and Cursor and want one capable helper on xAI models. If you want a team of bots with separate jobs, separate computers and your choice of Claude or Codex, Caret is built for that. Grok's own docs say all of an account's bots share one computer.
Side by side
| Grok Bot (xAI) | Caret | |
|---|---|---|
| Computer | One cloud computer per user. All bots share its files, browser sessions and logins | Each bot has its own computer |
| Separate bots as a boundary | xAI: "Do not use separate Bots as a security boundary" | Each bot has its own computer, scope and owner |
| Models | xAI models only | Claude Code or Codex on your own Claude or ChatGPT plan, model picked per bot |
| Approvals | Reviewer agent plus natural-language "Ask first" rules | Sending, paying, posting and deleting wait for a yes from someone on your team |
| Where you talk to it | Grok Bot apps; Team Bots in Slack (beta, Teams/Enterprise) | Caret threads and Slack |
| Record of work | Not described in the docs we read | Every step a bot took sits in the thread where it happened |
| Price | From $30/mo with X Premium (The X Subscription, since 12 Oct 2026); one weekly usage pool, no published size | $40 a bot a month, people free |
Where Grok Bot is the better pick
- You want a single personal agent and already pay for X Premium or Cursor. $30 a month is cheaper than Caret, whose Team plan starts at $80 a month for two bots.
- You want xAI's models specifically.
- You want apps on Windows, Linux and Android today.
Where Caret is the better pick
- Separate computers. A marketing bot that is signed in to your social accounts shouldn't share a browser with an engineering bot that holds your GitHub token. In Caret they don't.
- More than one lab. Run one bot on Claude and another on Codex, and change the model when a better one ships.
- Your team in the loop. Bots work in the same threads as your people, in Caret or in Slack, and wait for a yes before anything leaves the building.
Who should switch
Small teams (2 to 15 people) handing real work to several bots: a marketer, an engineer, a designer, a researcher. With more than one bot, a shared computer starts to matter.
FAQ
Do Grok Bots each get their own computer? No. xAI's FAQ says every bot on your account uses one persistent cloud computer and shares its files, browser sessions and logins. Each bot gets its own screen on that computer.
Can Caret use Grok models? No. Caret bots run on Claude Code or Codex, on your own Claude or ChatGPT plan.
Is there a free way to try Caret? A new workspace gets a few credits for its first task, and Team has a 7-day trial. After that it's $40 a bot a month.
Sources (checked 25 Oct 2026): Grok Bot FAQ, Grok Bot 101, The X Subscription pricing (Yahoo Finance), caretbot.com.